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Lofty ideals were more affordable then. When I entered Harvard in 1965, the tuition was less than $1,800 per year—roughly 60 percent less than it is today, adjusted for inflation. Student loans were small, seldom more than a couple of thousand dollars total, and most of us paid them off pretty quickly. Starter jobs in many fields, especially public service, paid better than today (adjusted for inflation). Housing costs—even in major cities—were low enough to enable a typical Harvard grad to find a nice place to live within...
...that this has come to pass, given that America is now a far more affluent place than when I was your age. One of the many reasons it has is that college and graduate education has become so expensive. There’s been a steady run-up in tuition over the past four decades, not just at Harvard. Unless you’re rich or near-rich, paying for college is a bigger burden now. And there’s been a huge run-up of student debt, a problem that’s worse elsewhere than...
...school is 74% white and overwhelmingly upper middle class and Californian. At nearly $20,000 for full-time tuition and fees, A.P.U. is cheaper than some private colleges but expensive compared with the state's high-quality public universities, whose tuition and fees for residents are under $6,000. While most white students say the instant they stepped on campus A.P.U. felt "like home," many minority students say they struggled to adapt. Joyce Tai, 26, an Asian-American master's candidate in college student affairs, was drawn by a unique administrative program but finds life in this Christian bubble startlingly...
...Labour, the party members who stress social justice over technocratic reform and have grown impatient with Blair's affection for the private sector. They rebelled last year over injecting more private money and control into hospitals, and have drawn the line at Blair's plan to require tuition fees of up to $5,500 per year. Their complaints go beyond policy, however; some Labor M.P.s want to signal deep frustration that Downing Street policy wonks do not consult them enough before uncorking big bills. "There's been too much policy by laptop," says James Purnell, a former Downing Street wonk...
...Blair has never been one to wait for blows to land. In speeches and on TV and radio, he has hammered home the virtues of his tuition bill, and aides are planning a blitz of new initiatives on health, crime and transportation. If Blair emerges relatively unscathed from the David Kelly report and ekes out even a narrow victory on tuition fees, he could climb back. "People don't want wishy-washy Prime Ministers," says Nick Sparrow, managing director of ICM. "In six months, if they think Blair stuck to what he believes in, a narrow victory could...